Only around half of consumer spending is taxed at the standard VAT rate of 20%, a low share compared with other rich countries.
只有大约一半的消费者支出按20%的标准增值税税率纳税，这一比例与其他富裕国家相比较低。
That is one reason why America absorbs immigrants better than many other rich countries, according to a new study by the University of California.
根据加州大学的一项新研究，这是美国比其他许多富裕国家更好地吸收移民的原因之一。
For similar crimes, America imposes much harsher penalties than other rich countries.
对于同样罪行，美国的刑罚较其它富裕国家严重。
But, with most other rich countries also embarking on fiscal austerity, that's unlikely to happen.
但由于许多其他富裕国家同样开始实行财政紧缩政策，这种情况不太可能发生。
For a few years in the 1970s, America joined most other rich countries in revoking the death penalty.
70年代的一些年份里，美国加入到了其他发达国家的废除死刑的行列中。
Citizens of America, Britain and some other rich countries can travel to most places without a visa.
美国、英国和其他一些富裕国家的公民无需签证即可到世界上大部分地区旅行。
As in other rich countries, children find it too easy to sit indoors, staring at screens and overeating.
与在其他的富裕国家中一样，英国孩子也是喜欢窝在家中，盯着电视屏幕，过度饱食。
While the EU has proposed cuts of 20-30% by 2020, many other rich countries have not committed more than 15%.
欧盟建议，到2020年时排放量减少20- 30%；而其它一些发达国家的承诺没有高出15%。
What is striking, though, is the gulf between the fertility rate in the United States and other rich countries.
但显得突出的是美国与其他富裕国家之间生育率鸿沟。
The trouble is that living standards are already dropping compared with other rich countries, so Japan feels poorer.
问题是与其他发达国家相比，日本的生活水平正在下降，因此日本显得更穷了。
America's economy has survived the shake-up of its steel, electronics and car industries, as have other rich countries.
美国经济和其他富裕国家一样，经受了钢铁、电子以及汽车工业的巨变。
In other rich countries it would not matter if some operators blocked some sites: consumers could switch to a rival provider.
在其他发达国家，就算某些运营商屏蔽了某系网站也关系不大，因为消费者更换其他提供服务的运营商。
Unlike other rich countries, America lacks the "automatic stabilisers" that kick in during times of recession to help boost demand.
不像其他的富裕国家，美国缺乏自动稳定器，所以不能在经济不景气的时候进行干预以帮助促进需求。
Unlike other rich countries, America lacks the “automatic stabilisers” that kick in during times of recession to help boost demand.
不像其他的富裕国家，美国缺乏自动稳定器，所以不能在经济不景气的时候进行干预以帮助促进需求。
In other rich countries, the percent is much lower: Sweden - 17 percent, Denmark - 19 percent, UK - 27 percent, France - 30 percent.
而在其他富裕国家里，该比例则要低很多：瑞典——17%，丹麦——19%，英国——27%，法国——30%。
Other rich countries, including Britain and Australia, have enjoyed sprightlier recent GDP growth and lower unemployment than America.
包括英国和澳大利亚在内的其他发达国家近来的GDP增幅较美国更显生机勃勃，失业率也比美国要低。
The world’s financial troubles may have been triggered by America’s housing bust, but it is other rich countries that are hurting most.
世界金融困境也许是由美国次贷危机引起的，但是损失最严重的却是其他富裕国家。
For American women, a rise in life expectancy of 3.3 years from 1980 to 2007 amounted to just 60% of the gains in other rich countries.
从1980年到2007年，美国女性预期寿命增长了3.3岁，只达到其它发达国家增幅的60%。
With stingier unemployment benefits and a lower federal tax take, America has fewer "automatic stabilisers" than other rich countries do.
美国的失业补助和联邦税收都相对较低，因此，比起其他发达国家，美国财政的“自动稳定器”效果不明显。
Thanks mainly to one of the biggest resources booms in its history, Australia survived the global downturn better than other rich countries.
由于澳大利亚历史上最大能源的兴起，才使得他比其他富裕国家更好地渡过了全球经济衰退。
These broad trends in job growth by sector are quite similar in other rich countries,which suggests that they are subject to common factors.
这种按照部门划分的就业增长的普遍趋势与其他发达国家很相似，这表示它们可能拥有共同的原因。
That need not mean more spending (though America does spend a lot less than other rich countries on such "active" labour-market policies).
但这绝不意味着更多的开销(尽管美国的确比其他富裕国家在这种“活跃”的劳动力市场政策上开销得少)。
These broad trends in job growth by sector are quite similar in other rich countries, which suggests that they are subject to common factors.
这种按照部门划分的就业增长的普遍趋势与其他发达国家很相似，这表示它们可能拥有共同的原因。
European governments already rely more on consumption taxes than other rich countries do, and some are raising their rates of value-added tax.
欧洲各国要比其他富裕国家更多的依赖消费税，有些国家正准备提高增值税率。
Unlike all other rich countries bar Australia, the United States never ratified the Kyoto protocol, and formally withdrew from it in 2001.
美国并没有与其他发达国家为伍，而是和和澳大利亚一样，从未批准过京都议定书，并且于2001年正式从此条约中退出。
As a share of national income that is far more than other rich countries spend (see chart 4), despite America’s slightly younger population.
虽然美国人口平均年龄较低，但医保费用所占收入比在富国中遥遥领先（见表4）。
ICELAND spends proportionately more on culture and recreation than other rich countries, with private and public spending together touching 10% of GDP.
冰岛在文化和娱乐花销上远甚于其他发达国家，私人和公共开支加起来已高达gdp的10%。
And companies from other rich countries will probably continue to enjoy the opportunity for labor arbitrage for longer than American ones, says Mr Sirkin.
Sirkin先生说，其它富裕国家的公司将很可能继续从那些比美国更长久的国家中获取劳动力套利。
And companies from other rich countries will probably continue to enjoy the opportunity for Labour arbitrage for longer than American ones, says Mr Sirkin.
Sirkin说，来自其他发达国家的公司可能会比美国公司从劳动力套利中获得更长时间的好处。
Other rich countries impose far fewer fetters than the land of the free. In Britain only 13% of workers need licences (though that has doubled in 12 years).
其他的富裕国家却比“自由岛”——美国强加更少的束缚。
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